The 



Society of the Cincinnati 



THE STATE OF 



NEW YORK 




Printed for the New York State Society of the Cincinnati. 



1896 



The 



Society of the Cincinnati 



THE STATK OF 



NEW YORK. 







Printed for the New York State Society of the Cincinnati. 



1896 




OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, 

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In compliance with a Resolution of the Standing Committee of 
this Society, 1 have the honor to enclose herewith ar copfl^of "The 
Society of the Cincinnati of the State of New York." 

Please sign and return the enclosed card receipting for the work 
Yours respectfully, 




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Secretary. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 

The Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati 7 

By-Laws of the New York State Society of the Cincinnati 15 

List of the Officers, Standing Committee, Delegates, Alternates and Trustees. 25 

List of the Committee on Admissions 25 

List of Members of the New York State Society of the Cincinnati 26 

Treasurer's Report for year ending 30 June, 1895 29 

Treasurer's Report for year ending 30 June, 1896 31 



It was moved, seconded and carried that the Secretary shall have suitably 
printed five hundred copies of: — 

The Institution ; The By-Laws of this Society ; A List of the 
Officers and of the Standing Committee ; A List of the Com- 
mittee on Admissions, together with A List of the Members of 
the Society with their respective directions, and also The Treas- 
urer's Annual Report for 1895, 
and that he be directed to mail a copy of the same to each member of this Society, 
and to the Secretary of each State Society and to the Secretary-General. 

Also that he mail a copy of the same to the Library of Columbia College, the 
Society Library, the New York Historical Society, the Astor Library, the Free 
Circulating Library, and to at least twenty-five other institutions or associations of 
good repute and suitable standing within the State of New York, where the same 
may be preserved for reference and consultation. 

That he shall in like manner distribute fifty additional copies in other similar 
institutions, and that he report at the Annual Meeting his action under this reso- 
lution. 

[Extract from the Minutes of the Standing Committee of April 3, 
i8q6.~\ 



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THE INSTITUTION 



THE SOCIETY OFTHE CINCINNATI. 



Cantonment of the American Army 
On Hudson s River, 10/ A May, 1783 



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Proposals* for establishing a Society upon principles therein mentioned, whose 
members shall be the officers of the American Army, having been communi- 
cated to the several regiments of the respective lines, they appointed an offi- 
cer from each, who, in conjunction with the General Officers, should take 
the same into consideration at their meeting this day, at which the Honor- 
able Major-General Baron de Steuben, the senior officer present, was pleased 
to preside. 

The proposals being read, fully considered, paragraph by paragraph, and the 
amendments agreed to, Major-General Knox, Brigadier-General Hand, Briga- 
dier-General Huntington, and Captain Shaw were chosen to revise the same, 
and prepare a copy to be laid before this Assembly at their next meeting, to be 
holden at Major-General Baron de Steuben's quarters, on Tuesday, the 13th 
inst. 

Tuesday, 13/A May, 1783. 

The representatives of the American Army being assembled, agreeably to 
adjournment, the plan for establishing a Society, whereof the officers of the 
American Army are to be members, is accepted, and is as follows, viz. : 

INSTITUTION. 

" It having pleased the Supreme Governor of the Universe, in the disposition of human 
affairs, to cause the separation of the Colonies of North America from the domination of 
Great Britain, and after a bloody conflict of eight years, to establish them free, independent, 
and sovereign States, connected, by alliances founded on reciprocal advantages, with some of 
the greatest princes and powers of the earth. 

"To perpetuate, therefore, as well the remembrance of this vast event, as the mutual 
friendships which have been formed under the pressure of common danger, and in many in- 
stances cemented by the blood of the parties, the officers of the American Army do, hereby, 
in the most solemn manner, associate, constitute, and combine themselves into one society 
of friends, to endure as long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and 

* These M proposals " are understood to have been embodied in a paper (still in existence) in the handwriting 
of General Knox, dated " Westpoint, 15 April, 1783," proposing a plan of organization of a Society to be 
formed of Officers of the American Army, to be known as the "Cincinnati." 



5 SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. 

in failure thereof, the collateral branches,* who may be judged worthy of becoming its sup- 
porters and members. 

" The officers of the American Army having generally been taken from the citizens of 
America, possess high veneration for the character of that illustrious Roman, LUCIUS QuiN- 
tius Cincinnatus; and being resolved to follow his example, by returning to their citizen- 
ship, they think they may, with propriety, denominate themselves The Society of the 
Cincinnati. 

" The following principles shall be immutable, and form the basis of the Society of the 
Cincinnati: 

"An incessant attention to preserve inviolate those exalted rights and liberties of human 
nature, for which they have fought and bled, and without which the high rank of a rational 
being is a curse instead of a blessing. 

" An unalterable determination to promote and cherish, between the respective States, 
that union and national honor, so essentially necessary to their happiness, and the future dig- 
nity of the American empire. 

" To render permanent the cordial affection subsisting among the officers. This spirit 
will dictate brotherly kindness in all things, and particularly extend to the most substantial 
acts of beneficence, according to the ability of the Society, towards those officers and their 
families who unfortunately may be under the necessity of receiving it. 

"The General Society will, for the sake of frequent communications, be divided into 
State Societies, and these again into such districts as shall be directed by the State Society. 

" The Societies of the Districts to meet as often as shall be agreed upon by the State 
Society, those of the State on the fourth day of July annually, or oftener, if they shall find it 
expedient; and the General Society on the first Monday in May annually, so long as they 
shall deem it necessary, and afterwards, at least once in every three years. 

" At each meeting, the principles of the Institution will be fully considered, and the best 
measures to promote them adopted. 

" The State Societies will consist of all the members resident in each State respectively; 
and any member removing from one State to another is to be considered, in all respects, as 
belonging to the Society of the State in which he shall actually reside. 

"The State Societies to have a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and 
Assistant Treasurer, to be chosen annually by a majority of votes, at the State meeting. 

" Each State meeting shall write annually, or oftener, if necessary, a circular letter, to 
the other State Societies, noting whatever they may think worthy of observation, respecting 
the good of the Society, or the general union of the States, and giving information of the offi- 
cers chosen for the current year. Copies of these letters shall be regularly transmitted to the 
Secretary General of the Society, who will record them in a book to be assigned tor that 
purpose. 

" The State Society will regulate everything respecting itself and the Societies of the 
Districts, consistent with the general maxims of the Cincinnati; judge of the qualifications of 
the members who may be proposed; and expel any member, who, by conduct inconsistent 
with a gentleman and a man of honor, or by an opposition to the interests of the com- 
munity in general or the Society in particular, may render himself unworthy to continue a 
member. 

" In order to form funds which may be respectable, and assist the unfortunate, each 
officer shall deliver to the Treasurer of the State Society one month's pay, which shall remain 

* This expression " collateral branches " (introduced by the Committee to which General Knox's 
draft was relerred) has led to some confusion, and to the idea that it might apply to persons claiming 
descent from a collateral relative of the original member. 1 his construction would, in many instances, 
when, as was not infrequently the case, families were divided, in their allegiance, admit the descendants of 
those who adhered to the British Government and resisted the efforts for Independence. 

The word "branches" is introduced by the Committee a second time in a connection that leaves no 
question that it was understood and used as a synonym for "offspring" — "descendant," viz., "as a testi- 
"mony of affection to the memory, and the offspring of such officers as have died in the service, their 
" eldest male branches shall have the same right of becoming members as the children of the actual members 
" of the Society." 

The whole tenor of the Institution is to confine the succession to the descendants of original members. 



THE INSTITUTION. Q 

forever to the use of the State Society; the interest only of which, if necessary, to be appropri- 
ated to the relief of the unfortunate. 

" Donations may be made by persons not of the Society, and by members of the Society, 
for the express purpose of forming permanent funds for the use of the State Society; and the 
interest of these donations appropriated in the same manner as that of the months' pay. 

"Moneys, at the pleasure of each member, may be subscribed in the Societies of the 
Districts, or the State Societies, for the relief of the unfortunate members, or the widows and 
orphans, to be appropriated by the State Society only. 

"The meeting of the General Society shall consist of its officers, and a representation 
from each State Society, in number not exceeding five, whose expenses shall be borne by their 
respective State Societies. 

" In the General Meeting, the President, Vice-President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, 
Treasurer, and Assistant Treasurer-General, shall be chosen to serve until the next meeting. 

" The circular letters which have been written by the respective State Societies to each 
other, and their particular laws, shall be read and considered, and all measures concerted 
which may conduce to the general intendment of the Society. 

" It is probable that some persons may make donations to the General Society, for the 
purpose of establishing funds for the further comfort of the unfortunate; in which case such 
donations must be placed in the hands of the Treasurer-General, the interest only of which to 
be disposed of, if necessary, by the General Meeting. 

" All the officers of the American Army, as well those who have resigned with honor, 
after three years' service in the capacity of officers, or who have been deranged by the resolu- 
tions of Congress, upon the several reforms of the army, as those who shall have continued to 
the end of the war, have the right to become parties to this Institution ; provided that they 
subscribe one month's pay, and sign their names to the general rules, in their respective State 
Societies— those who are present with the army, immediately, and others within six months 
after the army shall be disbanded, extraordinary cases excepted. The rank, time of service, 
resolutions of Congress by which any have been deranged, and place of residence, must be 
added to each name; and as a testimony of affection to the memory and the offspring of such 
officers as have died in the service, their eldest male branches shall have the same right of 
becoming members, as the children of the actual members of the Society. 

" Those officers who are foreigners, not resident in any of the States, will have their 
names enrolled by the Secretary-General, and are to be considered as members in the Socie- 
ties of any of the States in which they happen to be. 

" And as there are, and will at all times be, men in the respective States, eminent for their 
abilities and patriotism, whose views may be directed to the same laudable objects with those 
of the Cincinnati, it shall be a rule to admit such characters as Honorary Members of the 
Society, for their own lives only: Provided always, that the number of Honorary Members, in 
each State, does not exceed a ratio of one to four of the officers or their descendants. 

"Each State Society shall obtain a list of its members, and, at the first annual meeting, 
the State Secretary shall have engrossed, on parchment, two copies of the Institution of the 
Society, which every member present shall sign; and the Secretary shall endeavor to procure 
the signature of every absent member; one of those lists to be transmitted to the Secretary- 
General, to be kept in the archives of the Society, and the other to remain in the hands of the 
State Secretary. From the State-lists, the Secretary-General must make out, at the first 
general meeting, a complete list of the whole Society, with a copy of which he will furnish 
each State Secretary. 

"The Society shall have an Order, by which its members shall be known and dis- 
tinguished, which shall be a medal of gold, of a proper size to receive the emblems, and sus- 
pended by a deep blue ribbon, two inches wide, edged with white, descriptive of the union of 
America and France, viz: 

"The principal figure 

CINCINNATUS: 

Three Senators presenting him with a sword and other military ensigns — on a field in the 

back-ground, his wife standing at the door of their Cottage — near it 

A PLOUGH AND IMPLEMENTS OF HUSBANDRY. 

Round the whole, 
OMNIA RELIQUIT SERVARE REMPUBLICAM. 



10 SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. 

On the reverse, 
Sun rising — a city with open gates, and vessels entering the port — Fame crowning Cin- 
cinnati with a wreath, inscribed 

VIRTUTIS PREMIUM. 

Below, 

HANDS JOINED, SUPPORTING A HEART, 

With the motto, 

ESTO PERPETUA. 

Round the whole, 

SOCIETAS CINCINNATORUM INSTITUTA, 

A. D. 1783." 

The Society, deeply impressed with a sense of the generous assistance this country has 
received from France, and desirous of perpetuating the friendships which have been formed, 
and so happily subsisted, between the officers of the allied forces, in the prosecution of the war, 
direct, that the President-General transmit, as soon as may be, to each of the characters here- 
after named, a medal containing the Order of the Society, viz: 

His Excellency the Chevalier de la Luzerne, Minister Plenipotentiary. 
His Excellency the Sieur Gerard, late Minister Plenipotentiary. 
Their Excellencies 

The Count D'Estaing, 
The Count de Grasse, 
The Count de Barras, 
The Chevalier de Touches, 
Admirals and Commanders in the Navy. 

His Excellency the Count de Rochambeau, Commander-in-Chief. 
And the Generals and Colonels of his army, and acquaint them, that the Society do them- 
selves the honor to consider them as members. 



Resolved, That a copy of the aforegoing institution be given to the senior officer of each 
State line, and that the officers of the respective State lines, sign their names to the same, in 
manner and form following, viz: 

" We, the subscribers, officers of the American Army, do hereby voluntarily become 
parties to the foregoing institution, and do bind ourselves to observe, and be goverened by the 
principles therein contained. For the performance whereof we do solemnly pledge to each 
other our sacred honor. 

Done in the Cantonment, on Hudson's River, 
In the year 1 783." 

That the members of the Society, at the time of subscribing their names to 
the Institution, do also sign a draft on the Paymaster-General, in the following 
terms (the regiments to do it regimentally, and the Generals and other officers 
not belonging to regiments, each for himself, individually), viz. : 
" To John Pierce, Esquire, Paymaster-General to the Army of the United States. 

Sir : Please pay to Treasurer for the State Association of The 

Cincinnati, or his order, one month's pay of our several grades respectively, and deduct the 
same from the balance which shall be found due to us on the final liquidation of our accounts ; 
for which this shall be your warrant. ' ' 

That the members of the several State Societies assemble as soon as may be, 
for the choice of their President and other officers ; and that the Presidents 
correspond together, and appoint a meeting of the officers who may be chosen for 
each State, in order to pursue such further measures as may be judged necessary. 

That the General Officers, and the officers delegated to represent the several 



THE INSTITUTION. II 

corps of the army, subscribe to the Institution of the General Society, for them- 
selves and their constituents, in the manner and form before prescribed. 

That General Heath, 

General Baron de Steuben, and 
General Knox, 
be a committee to wait on his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, with a copy 
of the Institution, and request him to honor the Society by placing his name at 
the head of it. 

That Major-General Heath,* second in command in this army, be, and he 
hereby is desired to transmit copies of the Institution, with the proceedings 
thereon, to the commanding officer of the Southern army, the senior officer in 
each State, from Pennsylvania to Georgia, inclusive, and to the commanding 
officer of the Rhode Island line, requesting them to communicate the same to 
the officers under their several commands, and to take such measures as may 
appear to them necessary for expediting the establishment of their State Socie- 
ties, and sending a delegation to represent them in the first general meeting to 
be holden on the first Monday in May, 1784. The Meeting then adjourned 
without day. 

STEUBEN, Major-General, President. 

Cantonment 0/ the American Army, igtfi June, 1783. 
At a meeting of the General Officers, and the gentlemen delegated by the 
respective regiments, as a Convention for establishing the Society of the Cincin- 
nati, held by the request of the President, at which were present, 

Major-General Baron de Steuben, President, 

Major-General Howe, 

Major-General Knox, 

Brigadier-General Patterson, 

Brigadier-General Hand, 

Brigadier-General Huntington, 

Brigadier-General Putnam, 

Colonel Webb, 

Lieutenant-Colonel Huntington, 

Major Pettengill, 

Lieutenant Whiting, 

Colonel H. Jackson, 

Captain Shaw, 

Lieutenant-Colonel Hull, 

Lieutenant-Colonel Maxwell, 

Colonel Courtlandt, 
General Baron de Steuben acquainted the Convention that he had, agree- 
ably to their request, at the last meeting, transmitted to his Excellency the 
Chevalier de la Luzerne, Minister Plenipotentiary from the Court of France, a 
copy of the Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati, with their vote respect- 
ing his Excellency, and the other characters therein mentioned ; and that his 
Excellency had returned an answer, declaring his acceptance of the same, and 

* It is a curious coincidence that the officer thus selected affords the only known instance of a renunciation of 
the Order of the Cincinnati by one of its members. 



12 SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. 

expressing the grateful sense he entertains of the honor conferred on himself, 
and the other gentlemen of the French nation, by this act of the Convention. 

Resolved, That the letter of the Chevalier de la Luzerne be recorded in the 
proceedings of this day, and deposited in the archives of the Society, as a testi- 
mony of the high sense this Convention entertains of the honor done to the So- 
ciety by his becoming a member thereof. 

The Letter is as follows : 

" Philadelphie, le 3 Juin, 1783. 
" Monsieur le Baron, 

"J'ai recu avec beaucoup de reconnoissance les statuts de l'ordre respectable que mes- 
sieurs les officiers de l'armee Americaine viennent de fonder : si le courage, la patience, et 
toutes les vertus que cette brave armee a si souvent deployees dans le cours de cette guerre 
pouvoient jamais etre oubliees, ce monument seul les rapelleroit. 

"J'ose vous assurer, monsieur, que tous les officiers de ma nation, que vous avez bien 
voulu admettre dans votre societe, en seront infiniment honores ; je vous prie d'etre bien per- 
suade que je sens, en mon particulier, bien vivement l'honneur que m'ont fait messieurs les 
officiers de l'armee, en daignant penser a moi dans cette occasion. Je compte aller rendre 
mes devoirs a son excellence le General Washington, aussoit que le traite definitif sera signe, 
et j'aurai l'honneur de lui assurer de vive voix de ma respectueuse reconnoissance. 

"Je saisis avec un grand empressement cette occasion de vous renouveller les sentiments 
du tres parfait et trds respectueux attachment avec lesquels j'ai l'honneur d'etre. Monsieur 
le Baron, 

votre trds humble, et 

tres obdissant serviteur, 
LE CHEVALIER DE LA LUZERNE. 
Monsieur, Monsieur le Baron de Steuben, Major-General I 
au service des Etats Unis, au Quartier General." ) 

The Baron having also communicated a letter from Major L'Enfant, en- 
closing a design for the medal and order, containing the emblems of the Insti- 
tution. 

Resolved, That the bald eagle, carrying the emblems on its breast, be es- 
tablished as the order of the Society, and that the ideas of Major L'Enfant re- 
specting it, and the .manner of its being worn by the members, be adopted. 
That the order be of the same size, and in every other respect conformable to 
the said design, which for that purpose is certified by the Paron de Steuben, 
President of this Convention, and to be deposited in the archives of the Society 
as the original, from which all copies are to be made. Also, that silver medals, 
not exceeding the size of a Spanish milled dollar, with the emblems as designed 
by Major L'Enfant, and certified by the President, be given to each and every 
member of the Society, together with a diploma, on parchment, whereon shall 
be impressed the exact figures of the order and medal, as above mentioned ; 
anything in the original institution, respecting gold medals, to the contrary not- 
withstanding. 

Major L'Enfant's letter is as follows : 

" Philadelphie, le 10 Juin, 1783. 
" Mon General, 

" Aussitdr apres la reception de votre lettre en date du 20 Mai, laquelle ne m'est par- 
venu que le 7, ayant ete par hazard a la poste, je me suis occupe des projets de la medaille. 
Je vous envoye les desseins de deux faces, que j'ai faits, en grand, a fin qu'on puisse mieux 
juger de l'ensemble. Lors de l'execution on la reduira a la grandeur convenable qui pour 
peur que Ton exige de precision dans le dessein, ne doit pas fitre plus petite qu'un dollar, le 



THE INSTITUTION. 13 

sujet se trouvant trop compliqu£ pour que les details puissant etre appercfis sous une plus pe- 
tite dimension. 

" Je ne l'ai point fait ovale, ainsi que vous me le demandez, vu que cette forme est peu 
propre a une medaille ; d'ailleurs, on pourra toujours la faire au moment de l'execution, si on 
persiste absolument a vouloir porter l'ordre sous cette forme, a laquelle je crois que tout autre 
seroit preferable ; ainsi que je crois et espere que vous en serez bien persuade, et ferez en sorte 
d'en convaincre les persones qui composcnt le comite relatif a cette institution, auxquelles je 
vous prie de communiquer les observations suivantes. 

"La medaille, ronde ou ovale, n'est considered dans les differents etats de l'Europe que 
comme une recompense d'artiste, d'artisant, ou comme un signe de communaute de fabri- 
quants, ou soci6t<5 religieuse — en outre, l'usage abusif que l'on en fait, particulierement en 
Allemagne et en Italie, d'oii il arrive en France, des baladins, des musiciens, decores de cette 
maniere, rend necessaire de distinguer cet ordre par une forme qui lui soit particuliere, et 
puisse, en honorant celui qui en sera decore, remplir le double objet de se faire respecter par 
son simple aspect, de ceux meme qui en seront apportis d'en detainer lesdifferentes empreintes. 

" Ce n'est pas que jecroye qu' une forme, oil une autre changera l'opinion d'un peuple 
republicain accoutume a penser, mais je dis, que dans une institution pareille, le premier but 
doit Stre de se rendre respectable a tous les peuples du monde; et quece n'est qu'en parlant aux 
yeux qu'on attire Pattention du vulgaire, qu'il y a des prejuges d'habitude qui ne peuvent 
Jtre d£truits — qu'un homme qualifie et deja decore' en Europe ne portera pas une medaille, 
ou, si flatty de recevoir une marque de distinction d'une sociei£ respectable, il la portoit, ce 
seroit d'une maniere peu propre a faire accr&iiter la valeur de l'ordre. Qu'au contraire, en 
lui donnant une forme nouvelle en particulier, ce sera ajouter a sa valeur reelle, celle de la 
rendre reccommendable, en engageant ceux qui en seront decores a en faire parade de pair 
avec les autres ordres militaires, ce qui est le plus sur moyen de la mettre d'abord de niveau 
avec eux. 

"Le bald eagle qui est particulier a ce continent et qui se distingue a celui des autres cli- 
mats, par sa tfte et sa queue blanches, m'a paru meriter de l'attention. 

' ' Je vous envoye deux essais que j'ai faits ; je desire que l'un des deux puisse Stre adopts 
au lieu et place de la medaille. Dans l'un, je iais l'aigle supportant une gtoile, a treize pointes, 
dans le centre de laquelle est renfermee la figure de la medaille avec les inscriptions, tant sur 
la face que sur le reverse. On pourroit ajouter une legende dans les serres et autour du col de 
l'aigle, avec une inscription particuliere, oil bien y transferer celle du contour de la medaille. 
Dans l'autre, j'ai fait l'aigle simplement portant sur sa poitrine la figure de la medaille, avec 
une legende dans ses serres et autour du col, laquelle lui repasse par derriere le dos pour 
soutenir le revers. Je prefererois le dernier, en ce q'uil n'a rapport a aucun ordre et porte 
avec lui un caractere distinctif, et ne seroit pas fort dispendieux a faire executer. Le premier 
menee, quoique plus compliqu£, ne reviendroit pas aussi cher qu'on pourroit le penser, toute 
fois qu'on en chargeroit des personnes capables de l'executer : ce qui ne peut avoir lieu non 
plus que relativement a la medaille qu'en l'envoyant en Europe, ce qui n'exigeroit pas beau- 
coup de tems, et ne seroit pas si dispendieux, que d'en confier l'execution a des personnes 
incapables. 

" Une medaille est un monument qui passe a la posterite ; et par consequent il est neces- 
saire qu'elle soit portee au degrg de perfection possible dans le siecle oil elle est frappee. Or- 
bien frapper une medaille est une chose qui demande de l'habitude et un bon coin, or il n'y a 
ici ni balancier propre a cette besogne ni gens capables de faire un bon coin, je me chargerois 
volontiers de recommender l'execution de la medaille, de l'aigle ou ordre, a gens capables de 
l'executer a Paris. 

"Bien loin que je propose de changer la medaille ovale en un aigle sur lequel seroit 
empreint cette medaille, je ne pretends pas dire qu'ils ne scavent pas frapper des mgdaiUes. 
Au contraire, voici quelle est mon idee a ce sujet. 

" On pourroit faire frapper ici des medailles d'argent au frais communs de la societe, et 
en distribuer une a chacun de ses membres, comme un titre adapts a la patente de parchemin, 
sur laquelle il sera aussi a propos de graver la figure de la medaille, la forme de l'aigle ou de 
l'etoile, avec sa plus grande dimension, detaillant les couleurs, en soignant de s'y conformer, 
laissant la liberte au chevaliers qui s'en pourvoyeront a leurs depens de la faire de tel m£tal, et 



14 SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. 

aussi petite que possible, sans alteration d'aucun des embl£mes. II ne me parroit pas non 
plus a propos que Ies chevaliers honoraires portassent l'ordre pareille aux chevaliers de droit. 
II faudroit qu'on signifiat qu'ils portassent la m£daille, ou l'fitoile, ou l'aigle en sautoir, et les 
chevaliers a la 3me bouttoniere. 

" Mon General, ce sont les remarques que je vous prie de faire traduire, et de les sou- 
mettre a l'opinion general. Je vous serois oblige de me faire savoir quelle issue cette lettre 
aura, et quelle sera la decision qu'on en donnera. 

J'ai, &c, &c, L'Enfant. 

" N. B. La tete et la queue de l'aigle seroient d'argent ou emaillees en blanc, le corps et 
les aisles d'or, la medaille sur sa poitrine et sur son dos, emaillee en couleur de meme que la 
legende. On pourroit y ajouter des branches de laurier et de chene dans les aisles, pour lors 
qu'on emailleroit en verd ; l'etoile du medaillon seroit pointee en or, ou emaillee bleu et blanc, 
ceux qui voudroient faire le depense pourroient avoir en diamant tout ce que est blanc. Le 
ruban seroit moire comme celui de tous les autres ordres. " 

Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention be transmitted, by the Presi- 
dent, to Major L'Enfant, for his care and ingenuity in preparing the afore-men- 
tioned designs, and that he be acquainted that they cheerfully embrace his offer 
of assistance, and request a continuance of his attention in carrying the de- 
signs into execution, for which purpose the President is desired to correspond 
with him. 

Resolved, That his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief be requested to offi- 
ciate as President-General, until the first general meeting, to be held in May next. 

That a Treasurer-General, and a Secretary-General be ballotted for, to offi- 
ciate in like manner. 

The ballots being taken, Major-General M'Dougall was elected Treasurer- 
General, and Major-General Knox Secretary-General, who are hereby requested 
to accept said appointments. 

Resolved, That all the proceedings of this Convention, including the Institu- 
tion of the Society, be recorded (from the original papers in his possession) by 
Captain Shaw, who at the first meeting was requested to act as Secretary, and 
that the same, signed by the President's Secretary, together with the original 
papers, be given into the hands of Major-General Knox, Secretary-General to 
the Society ; and that Captain North, aid-de-camp to the Baron de Steuben, 
and acting Secretary to him as President, sign the said records. 

The dissolution of a very considerable part of the army, since the last meet- 
ing of this Convention, having rendered the attendance of some of its members 
impracticable, and the necessity for some temporary arrangements, previous to 
the first meeting of the General Society, being so strikingly obvious, the Con- 
vention found itself constrained to make those before mentioned, which they 
have done with the utmost diffidence of themselves, and relying entirely on the 
candor of their Constituents to make allowance for the measure. The principal 
objects of its appointment being thus accomplished, the members of this Con- 
vention think fit to dissolve the same, and it is hereby dissolved accordingly. 

True copy from the records of the Society. 

W. North, Secretary to the President 




BY-LAWS 



Adopted November 25, 1895, at an adjourned meeting of the Annual Meeting, 
to take effect from the date of Adoption. 



ARTICLE I. 

OFFICERS. 

Section 1.— The Officers of the Society shall be a President, a Vice-President, 
a Secretary, a Treasurer, and an Assistant Treasurer, all of whom shall be elected 
by ballot at the Annual Meeting on the Fourth of July in every year. 

Section 2.— The Society may at every Annual Meeting, from among its 
members elect a Chaplain and a Surgeon, both of whom shall be ex-officio 
members of the Standing Committee. It may also at such times elect an assist- 
ant to the Secretary. 

ARTICLE II. 

ANNUAL AND SPECIAL MEETINGS. 

Section i — The Annual Meeting of the Society shall beheld on the Fourth 
of July, and a Stated Meeting on the thirteenth day of May (the Anniversary of 
the Society, and to be termed "Cincinnati Day") in every year. The Society 
shall also celebrate in every year Washington's Birthday, the twenty- 
second day of February, and Evacuation Day, the twenty-fifth day of Novem- 
ber. Provided, that when the twenty-fifth day of November shall be the 
same day observed as Thanksgiving Day, then and in that case in place thereof, 
the fourth day of December, being the anniversary of the formal evacuation of 
New York by the British army as a relinquishment of territorial sovereignty, 
shall be celebrated. If any one of these days shall fall on a Sunday, such meet- 
ing or celebration shall be held on the following day. The Society shall also 
celebrate any other occasions directed by the Standing Committee to be cele- 
brated. 



lo SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. 

Section 2. — Special meetings shall be called by the President, or by direction 
of the Standing Committee, or upon the request in writing of ten (10) members 
of the Society. At such Special Meetings no business shall be transacted except 
such as shall be specified in the notice therefor. 

Section 3. — Ten days' notice of time and place of all meetings and celebra- 
tions of the Society shall be given by the Secretary, by mailing, through the Post 
Office in New York City, a written or printed notice to every member of the 
Society, to his recorded direction. 

Section 4. — The place of meetings and celebrations of the Society shall be 
determined by a majority vote of members present and voting at the Annual, or 
the Stated Meeting, and in case such determination shall not be made, the 
Standing Committee shall designate the place. 

ARTICLE III. 

QUORUM. 

The presence of at least twenty-one members shall be necessary for the trans- 
action of any business which may authorize or involve the expenditure of money, 
or the admission of new members, or the election of Officers, or of Honorary 
Members. Fifteen shall constitute a quorum for all other purposes. 

ARTICLE IV. 

ELECTION OF STANDING COMMITTEE, DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES. 

Section 1. — At the Annual Meeting next following the adoption of these 
By-Laws there shall be elected nine members, who with the Officers of the 
Society, shall constitute the Standing Committee. 

The first nine members elected under this By-Law shall divide themselves 
into three classes, to continue in their respective functions for the term of one, 
two and three years. Thereafter at every successive Annual Meeting, there 
shall be elected three members to the Standing Committee for the term of 
three years, to take the places of those members thereof whose terms shall 
then expire. 

Section 2. — After the Annual Election of the year 1896, no member shall 
be eligible for election until one year shall have elapsed since he last was a 
member of the Standing Committee. 

Section 3. — No member shall be eligible to election as an Officer, or as a 
member of the Standing Committee, or as a Delegate, or as an Alternate, 
or as a Trustee unless he shall have been a member of the Society at least 
one year. 

Section 4. — At every Annual Meeting there shall be elected five Delegates 
and five Alternates to represent the Society in any meeting of the General 
Society which may held during the ensuing year. 

Section 5. — All Officers, Members of the Standing Committee, Delegates, 
Alternates and Trustees, shall continue in their respective functions until their 
successors shall be duly chosen. 

Section 6. — The expenses of the Delegates to the General Society, and of 
the Alternates when serving as Delegates, shall be borne by the Society, except 
when a Delegate shall be an Officer of the General Society. 



ARTICLE V. 

NOMINATING COMMITTEE. 

A Committee of five members shall be balloted for and elected at the Stated 
Meeting of the Society next preceding the Annual Meeting in every year, whose 
duty it shall be, upon the call of the Chairman thereof, to convene and nomi- 
nate a ticket for the respective offices of the Society, to be voted for at the 
ensuing Annual Meeting. Such ticket thus prepared shall be reported to the 
Secretary, who shall print and mail the same to every member of the Society, to 
his recorded direction, at least one month before every Annual Meeting of the 
Society on the Fourth of July. The report of the ticket to the Secretary shall be 
taken as the report of the Committee, which shall thereupon be considered as 
discharged. These nominations shall not be taken to preclude any member 
or members from preparing and offering any ticket they, or any of them, may 
desire. 

ARTICLE VI. 

METHOD OF ELECTION. 

Section i. — The Election of the Officers of the Society, of the Chaplain, of 
the Surgeon, and of the assistant to the Secretary, the members of the Standing 
Committee, the Delegates and Alternates to the General Society, the Trustees, 
and of the Nominating Committee shall be by ballot, and the persons having 
the largest number of votes cast for the respective places shall be elected. 

Section 2. — The vote upon the admission of new members, and the election 
of Honorary Members, shall also in all cases be taken by ballot. The affirma- 
tive votes of three-fourths of the members present and voting, shall be necessary 
for the admission of a new member, and the affirmative votes of four-fifths of 
the members present and voting, shall be necessary for the election of an hon- 
orary member. 

ARTICLE VII. 

PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT. 

The President shall preside at all meetings of the Society and of the Stand- 
ing Committee, but if absent the Vice-President shall preside; if both be absent 
the meeting shall elect a Chairman pro tempore. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

SECRETARY. 

Section i. — The Secretary shall keep the Minutes of the Society, and of the 
Standing Committee, and shall have the custody of the books and papers be- 
longing to the Society, which shall be subject to the inspection of any member 
of the Society at reasonable times. 

Section 2. — He shall within sixty days after every Annual Meeting print 
and mail to every member of the Society to his recorded direction, a copy of 
the Treasurer's Annual Report as presented to such Annual Meeting. 

Section 3. — He shall give notice of the time and place of all meetings and 
celebrations of the Society, as required by Article II., Section 3, and perform 
such other duties as are required by the By-Laws. 



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Section 4. — He shall notify all qualified and accepted candidates of their 
admission to membership. 

ARTICLE IX. 

ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY. 

Section i. — He shall assist the Secretary in the performance of such duties 
of that office, as the Secretary may from time to time devolve upon him. 

Section 2. — He shall within sixty days following every Annual Meeting, 
print and mail to every member of the Society, a list of deceased members, and 
of those who have for any reason ceased to be members of this Society ; and a 
list of those who are members of the Society, including those elected at the last 
preceding Annual Meeting, with their respective directions ; and a list of all 
those who have been elected members, but who have not qualified, with their 
respective directions and dates of election. 

Section 3. — He shall keep a book in which shall be recorded the date and 
place of birth of every member, and such other facts concerning his personal 
history as may enable a proper biographical sketch to be prepared. He shall 
also keep a carefully prepared necrological list. 

Section 4. — In case of the absence of the Secretary, or his inability for any 
cause to act in that capacity, the duties of the office shall devolve upon the 
assistant to the Secretary, under the direction of the Standing Committee, until 
the Secretary shall return, or the inability cease. 

ARTICLE X. 
treasurer and assistant treasurer. 

Section i. — The Treasurer shall receive all moneys belonging to the Society 
arising from the interest or income of the Society's funds, or other sources of 
revenue. He shall keep an account with some Bank or Trust Company, or 
both, in the City of New York, in which he shall deposit all moneys so received 
by him on account of the Society, in the name and to the credit of "The New 
York State Society of the Cincinnati," subject to draft by checks signed by the 
Treasurer of the Society for the time being. He shall keep regular accounts, 
and submit them to the inspection of the Standing Committee whenever required 
by them to do so. He shall present an annual report and account of all moneys 
received and paid out by him during the year, and shall submit the same, together 
with the vouchers for his payments, to the Auditing Committee, to be appointed 
by the Standing Committee, in time for the same to be examined by them, and to 
be presented to the Society, at the Annual Meeting. He shall not pay out any 
money belonging to the Society, unless upon the warrant or order of the Stand- 
ing Committee, or upon the order of the Society at its Stated or its Annual 
Meeting. 

Section 2. — He shall, so far as is possible, separate and preserve distinct so 
much of the funds of the Society as is of the one month's pay delivered to the 
Treasurer of the State Society by the original members, together with all dona- 
tions made '' for the express purpose of forming permanent funds for the use of 
the State Society" (together with their annual increment), from that portion 
received from all other sources. These funds shall remain inviolate forever, 
' ' the interest only of which, if necessary, to be appropriated to the relief of the 



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unfortunate " members of the Society and their surviving families, by direction 
of the Standing Committee. If the appropriations for relief do not demand the 
full amount of the annual interest, so much of the remainder as is needed may 
be used for the general expenses of the Society, after which any balance still 
remaining shall be covered into the permanent fund. 

Section 3.— In case of the absence of the Treasurer or his inability, from 
any cause, or for any reason whatsoever, to act in that capacity, the duties of the 
office shall in all particulars and powers devolve upon the Assistant Treasurer 
until the Treasurer shall return, or the inability cease. 

ARTICLE XI. 

STANDING COMMITTEE. 

Section 1.— It shall be the duty of the Standing Committee to take care of 
the general concerns of the Society, as well as of all matters specially committed 
to them by the Society. They shall annually appoint two of their own number 
and one from the members of the Society at large, who shall be a Committee to 
arrange for all meetings or celebrations, or any gathering of the Society which 
there may be at any time ; to provide the banquet on every twenty-second day 
of February, and a suitable entertainment at all other occasions directed to be 
observed in Article II., Section 1 of these By-Laws. They shall annually 
appoint a sub-committee of three of their own number to examine the Treasurer's 
accounts, and to make report thereon to the Society at its Annual Meeting. 
They shall examine and audit all bills and claims against the Society, and shall 
authorize the payment of what they shall deem just demands. They shall, from 
the appropriate funds of the Society, afford relief to the members, or the 
families of deceased members, who may in their judgment be proper objects for 
the beneficence of the Society, in such sums and at such times as they shall 
think proper. They shali grant warrants upon the Treasurer for all claims 
which they shall authorize ; but the aggregate of the expenditures authorized by 
the Committee to be paid, including all sums distributed in aid of members or 
their families, in any one year, shall not exceed the annual income for the year 
arising from the productive permanent funds of the Society. The Committee 
shall have power, with the concurrence of the Trustees (referred to in Article 
XIV. of these By-Laws), or a majority of them, or of the survivors or survivor 
of said Trustees, from time to time, to call in any of the moneys belonging to 
the Society, and to invest the same, or to change the investments of the 
Society's funds. They shall have power to appoint proper persons to fill any 
offices or places which shall become vacant by death, resignation or otherwise, 
except as hereinafter provided in Article XIV. of these By-Laws ; such appoint- 
ments to continue until the place be filled by an election by the Society at the 
Annual Meeting. They shall keep a record of their proceedings, which shall 
be subject to the inspection of any member of the Society, at reasonable times, 
and which shall be laid before the Society, and be read at the Stated or the 
Annual Meeting. 

Section 2.— Stated meetings of the Standing Committee shall be held at 
least twice in every year, as nearly as may be at intervals of six months. The 
time and place of meeting, whether stated or special, shall be named by the 
President, or in case of his inability to act, by the Vice-President, and in case 



20 SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. 

of the inability to act of both the President and Vice-President, the meeting 
shall be called by three members of the Standing Committee. Notice of the 
time and place of meeting, shall be given in writing by the Secretary to every 
member of the Committee, at least two days before the meeting. 

Section 3. — Five members of the Standing Committee shall be a quorum 
for the transaction of ordinary business, but no payment of money shall 
be authorized unless seven members be present. 

ARTICLE XII. 

ADMISSION OF MEMBERS. 

Section i. — Every person desirous of becoming a member of this Society, 
shall make application in writing to the Standing Committee, setting forth dis- 
tinctly and clearly his claim to be admitted. The Committee shall advise 
thereon, and may demand any proof which they may deem requisite in support 
of such claim, and any testimonial with respect to the character and standing of 
the applicant ; and they shall report, in writing, the facts of the case, together 
with their opinion, to the Society. No application, after adverse decision by 
the Standing Committee, shall be allowed to be withdrawn. No person shall 
be admitted as a member unless he shall be twenty-one years of age, nor unless 
his claim and application for admission shall have been before the Standing 
Committee prior to the Annual Meeting at which he may be voted for as 
a member. 

Section 2. — No person shall be admitted a member of the Society (whatever 
may be his relation to an original or other member of the Society), unless he be 
of good moral character and reputation, and be (as required by the Institution) 
"judged worthy of becoming its supporter and member." 

Section 3. — Eligibility to membership in succession devolving upon a minor, 
shall be deemed vested in such minor, but the use thereof shall remain in abey- 
ance until the disability cease or be removed. 

Section 4. — Lineal succession to membership shall be, according to the 
rules of inheritance at the common law, "the eldest male posterity (of the 
Original Member), and in failure thereof the collateral branches who may be 
judged worthy of becoming its supporters and members." In cases of represen- 
tation or succession through females, the eldest branch shall be preferred to the 
younger. The Officer of the Army or Navy of the Revolution, who was an 
Original Member, shall be deemed and taken as the "propositus" from whom 
succession shall be derived. 

Section 5. — When a right of Membership, derived from an Original Mem- 
ber or other officer, shall descend in succession to one already a Member in 
another and a different right, the one next after him, in the order of descent from 
the first-named right, may be admitted to Membership in the Society if judged 
worthy of becoming the Supporter and Member. 

Section 6. — The eldest male descendant of full age, of any Original Mem- 
ber of any of the State Societies which have been dissolved, also the oldest male 
descendant of full age, if residing in the State of New York, of an Original 
Member of any State Society, may be admitted into this Society (if judged 
worthy), upon the payment into the Treasury of a sum, equal to one month's 
pay of the Original Member from whom the applicant claims descent in the 



Continental Service, according to the rank of such Original Member at the time 
he signed the roll of the Society of which he was a Member, together with 
legal interest thereon computed from the Society's organization to the time of 
such admission, provided that such sum shall in no case be less than five hun- 
dred dollars, unless by special order of this Society. 

Section 7.— Any Member of the Society of the Cincinnati from another 
State Society not acting with the same, removing to, and residing within this 
State, may be admitted to Membership in this State Society on application and 
election as provided in these By-Laws, and on payment into the Treasury of in 
no case less than five hundred dollars, unless by special order of the Society. 
Provided, nevertheless, he is qualified for Membership in the Society of the 
Cincinnati under the rules of this State Society; and, provided further, that he 
present to the Standing Committee a certificate from the Secretary of the State 
Society from which he comes, that he is a Member in good standing. 

Section 8.— Whenever any person shall be admitted to the right to become 
a Member of the Society, it shall be the duty of the Secretary forthwith, to give 
him notice thereof, and the person thus admitted, must immediately thereupon 
subscribe the roll and pay whatever may be required by the rules or regula- 
tions, by-laws or order of the Society, and make verbally, or in writing, the fol- 
lowing "declaration," viz.: "I , a member-elect of 

the Society of the Cincinnati, do hereby assume the obligations of its institution 
and do bind myself to observe and be governed by its principles, and to con- 
form to the rules and regulations of the New York State Society, for the per- 
formance whereof I do pledge my sacred honor." And in case he neglect so to 
do for the space of one year from the date of the vote or election admitting him 
to the right to become a member, such vote or election shall be, and be deemed 
and held to be, revoked, annulled, inoperative and entirely void, and he shall 
not thereafter be entitled to subscribe the roll, or be considered in any way as a 
member of the Society, or entitled to become such, unless upon a new applica- 
tion for admission, he shall again be admitted to such right, or, unless by a vote 
of a majority of the members present at the Annual Meeting of the Society, the 
time be extended before or at the time it would otherwise expire. 

Section 9.— No person shall be elected a member of this Society, whose 
ancestor adhered to, or took protection from the Enemy during the war of the 
Revolution. 

ARTICLE XIII. 

ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 

No person shall be elected a member of the Society or an Honorary Mem- 
ber, except at the Annual Meeting, and no person shall be elected an Honorary 
Member without having been proposed at the next preceding Annual Meeting, 
and an entry of the fact made upon the minutes, and without his having been 
recommended by the Standing Committee. 

ARTICLE XIV. 

INVESTMENTS — TRUSTEES. 

Section 1.— All investments of the funds of the Society shall continue to be 
in the names of three Trustees, as heretofore appointed in 1815, and of the sur- 



22 SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. 

vivors of them, as joint tenants. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of 
any of such Trustees, the place shall be filled by the Society at its next Annual 
Meeting ; but if at any time there be two vacancies, it shall be the duty of the 
Standing Committee forthwith to fill the same, which appointments shall be 
valid until others be elected in their place by the Society ; and immediately 
upon the appointment or election of any new Trustee or Trustees, all invest- 
ments of the Society's funds shall be transferred to the joint names of the then 
existing Trustees as joint tenants. 

Section 2. — All money paid into the Treasury by persons admitted in pur- 
suance of the foregoing rules and regulations, shall be considered as part of the 
funds or principal money belonging to the Society, and shall be invested in the 
name of the Trustees. 

ARTICLE XV.* 

CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHIP. 

[Section 1. — ] Every member, upon his admission, shall be entitled to receive 
a Diploma or Certificate of Membership, to be signed by the President of this 
State Society and countersigned by the Secretary, for which Diploma he shall 
pay the Treasurer, before signing the roll of the Society, the sum of five dollars. 
The fees thus paid shall be for the use of the Society and be considered as part 
of the revenue for the current year. 

[Section 2. — The Diploma or Certificate of Membership shall be on parch- 
ment and in the following form:] 



NEW YORK STATE SOCIETY 



CINCINNATI. 



JBe it lknown, That (A. B., the lineal successor of or a descendant 0/ C. D., who 

■was a in the Regiment of New York Infantry, setting forth the 

rank of the officer as subscribed to the Rolls of the Society), and an original member of 
the Stale Society of the Cincinnati, is (by virtue of a resolu- 
tion of the New York State Society of the Cincinnati, passed on the day of 

18 ) a Member of the Society of the Cincinnati, instituted by the Officers of the Amer- 
ican Army of the Revolution at the period of its dissolution in 1783, as well to com- 
memorate the great event which gave Independence to the United States of America, as 
for the purpose of inculcating the duty of laying down in peace, arms assumed for 
public defence, and of uniting in acts of brotherly affection and bonds of perpetual friend- 
ship, the Members constituting the same. 

In Witness Whereof, the New York State Society of the Cincinnati have 
caused these presents to be signed by their President, and countersigned 

by their Secretary, the day of in the year of our Lord one 

thousand eight hundred and , and of the Independence of the United 

States of America the 

[l. s.] President. 



nded by the Society, May 20, 1896, by the insertion of the words in brackets. 



BY-LAWS. 23 

ARTICLE XVI. 

ALTERATION, REPEAL AND AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS. 

No rule or by-law shall be altered or repealed, nor any new one made unless 
proposed at the Annual or the Stated Meeting in one year, and agreed to by a 
majority of the members present and voting at the Annual, or the Stated Meet- 
ing in the next year, except upon the written recommendation of the Standing 
Committee ; but a by-law or rule may be suspended at any Annual or Stated 
Meeting by a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting. 

ARTICLE XVII. 

MOTIONS. 

Motions made at Meetings of the Society and of the Standing Committee, 
shall not be entertained unless the same be seconded. The names of mover 
and seconder need not be entered upon the Minutes. All motions shall be sub- 
mitted in writing, when required. 

ARTICLE XVIII. 

TRANSACTIONS, MATTERS OF CONFIDENCE. 

The members of this Society shall be considered bound in honor to keep 
secret any matter offered in debate, or any individual opinion expressed, respect- 
ing the admission, election, or expulsion of any member. 

ARTICLE XIX 

ORIGINAL INSTITUTION TO BE READ. 

The Original Institution of the Society shall be read at the Annual Meeting 
of the Society. 

ARTICLE XX. 

PERMANENT FUND. 

The fund of this State Society having been contributed by the members at 
its formation, is held for the relief of the Hereditary Members thereof and their 
families, who may be in need of such relief, and therefore cannot be appro- 
priated to the relief of those whose ancestors were not Original Members of this 
State Society. Provided, that a member admitted to this Society in the right of 
an Original Member of any of the State Societies that have been dissolved, and 
a member admitted in the right of an Original Member of any State Society, 
and a Member from any other State Society, removing to and residing within 
this State, admitted into this State Society, who shall have paid as a condition 
of his membership, into the Treasury of this Society such sum as this State 
Society may from time to time establish, shall have the same claim on the funds 
of this Society, as if the Original Member, in whose right he was admitted, had 
contributed his month's pay thereto. 



24 SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. 

ARTICLE XXI. 

PARLIAMENTARY LAW. 

The rules of parliamentary law, when applicable, shall govern the pro- 
ceedings of all Meetings, except when otherwise provided by special rule of the 
Society. 

ARTICLE XXII. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

i. — Roll Call. Secretary may call the roll. 

2. — Prayer by the Chaplain. 

3. — Reading of Minutes of prior meetings not previously acted upon, also of 

minute of the Standing Committee. 
4. — Reading of the Original Institution of the Order. 
5. — Communications. 
6. — Reports. 

1st, of Officers. 
2nd, Standing Committee. 
3rd, Special Committees. 
4th, Applications for membership. 
7. — Election of Members. 
— Investiture of Members. 
— Nominations and election of Officers, Standing Committee, Delegates, 

Alternates, Trustees, Nominating Committee. 
— Stated Business. 
— Resolutions. 
— Unfinished Business. 
13. — New Business. 
14. — Adjournment. 



Hew Uovfe State MocUty of tfte ©ittjcinnati. 




OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. 

Elected July 4, 1896. 

President, - - - JOHN COCHRANE. 

Vice-President, - - WM. GREENE WARD. 

Secretary, - - - NICHOLAS FISH. 

Treasurer, - - - CHARLES ALBERT HOYT. 

Ass't Treasurer, - - JOHN ALEX. RUTHERFURD. 

Chaplain, - - - MANCIUS HOLMES HUTTON, D.D. 

Physician, - - - THOMAS M. L. CHRYSTIE, M.D. 

Standing Committee. 

ALEXANDER JAMES CLINTON, 

JAMES STEPHENSON VAN CORTLANDT, 

JOHN BARNES VARICK, 

RICHARD VARICK DeWITT, 

WILLIAM LINN KEESE, 

TALBOT OLYPHANT, 

DIXON GEDNEY HUGHES, 

FRANCIS KEY PENDLETON, 

PAUL ERNEST TIEMAN. 

Delegates. Alternates. 

JOHN COCHRANE, J. ALEX. RUTHERFURD, 

MANCIUS HOLMES HUTTON, WM. GREENE WARD, 

JOHN BARNES VARICK, CHAS. WYLLYS CASS, 

JAS. STEVENSON VAN CORTLANDT, JNO. P. H. DeWINDT, 

TALBOT OLYPHANT, WM. LINN KEESE. 

Trustees. 

ALEX. JAMES CLINTON. WM. LINN KEESE. WM. GREENE WARD. 

Committee on Admissions. 

REV. MANCIUS H. HUTTON, D.D., Chairman. 

26 Union Street, New Brunswick, N. J. 

GENERAL JOHN COCHRANE, 

7 East Sixty-second Street, New York City. 

TALBOT OLYPHANT, 

21 Cortlandt Street, New York City. 

NICHOLAS FISH, Secretary, 

120 Broadway. 




Society of tbe Cincinnati 

OP THE 

STATE OF NEW YORK. 



Organized at the Cantonments on the Hudson {New Windsor), N. Y., 9th June, 1783. 



%iet of flbembera. 

890. SAMUEL KISSAM ADDOMS 99 Gold st., New York City. 

884. ROBERT PERCY ALDEN [Connecticut] ... .55 Liberty St., New York City. 

891. JOHN BARD 2034 O St., Washington, D. C. 

860. GEORGE STEWART BELKNAP Crow River, Meeker Co., Minn. 

884. HENRY KIERSTED BICKER 170 Broadway, New York City. 

886. ROBERT BURNET Fishkill, N. Y. 

893. CHARLES WYLLYS CASS [New Hampshire] . 209 E. 23d St., New York City. 

892. ALEXANDER CENTER 425 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. 

879. MATTHEW CL ARKSON 1 5 W. 45th st., New York City. 

878. ALEXANDER JAMES CLINTON 71 Wall St., New York City. 

888. THOMAS M. L. CHRYSTIE, M. D 216 W. 46th St., New York City. 

858. JOHN COCHRANE 7 E. 62d St., New York City. 

892. GEORGE ALFRED PAUL CODWISE, 

Carter Building, 7 Water St., Boston, Mass. 

879. JOHN TYLER COOPER Atlanta, Ga. 

874. * JOHN CROPPER [ Virginia] 1742 M. St., Washington, D. C. 

878. THOMAS DeWITT CUYLER Edgewood, Haverford, Pa. 

896. EDWARD NICOLL DICKERSON 253 Broadway, New York City. 

891. JOHN P. H. DeWINDT 41 Wall St., New York City. 

868. RICHARD VARICK DeWITT 202 Lancaster St., Albany, N. Y. 

887. JOHN VARICK DODGE 405 Upper Second St., Evansville, Ind. 



* Elected President of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia, 13th May, 1896. 
Members descended from original members of other State Societies are designated by the name of such 
State in italics in brackets immediately alter their names. 

The numbers prefixed to members' names designate the year of their admission to the Society. 



LIST OF MEMBERS. 27 

888. PAUL WESSELS FIGUEIRA 37 Madison ave., Jersey City, N. J. 

894. NICHOLAS FISH 120 Broadway, New York City. 

889. WILLIAM KEMEYS GENET 15 W. 99th St., New York City. 

860. * WILLIAM OGDEN GILES 2005 Fifth ave., New York City. 

856. CHARLES GRAHAM 126 E. 29th St., New York City. 

893. GERALD HULL GRAY 106 E. 16th St., New York City. 

860. JOHN WHEELWRIGHT GREATON 326 Union St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

880. GRIFFITH PRITCHARD GRIFFITH, 

118 E. Auburn ave., Auburn, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

890. ALEXANDER HAMILTON Le Grand ave., Tarrytown, N. Y. 

896. McDOUGALL HAWKES 42 E. 26th St., New York City. 

892. WILLIAM A. HERRING 63 W. 130th St., New York City. 

857. WICKHAM HOFFMAN [Connecticut] 1731 N St., Washington, D. C. 

896. WILLIAM A. HOPPIN [Rhode Island] Providence, R. I. 

886. GEORGE BEZALEEL HOWE. . . .608 Philadelphia Bourse, Philadelphia, Pa. 

893. CHARLES ALBERT HOYT [Connecticut] . . . .9 Mercer St., New York City. 

875. DIXON GEDNEY HUGHES 16 John St., New York City. 

880. FREDERICK JABEZ HUNTINGTON [Connecticut], 

138 Washington St., Norwich, Conn. 

881. MANCIUS HOLMES HUTTON, D. D.. 26 Union st., New Brunswick. N. J. 
888. JOHN DeCOURCEY IRELAND 1 5 E. 47th St., New York City. 

877. WILLIAM LINN KEESE..41 Ocean ave., Flatbush Station, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

893. JOSHUA HOWARD KING [Connecticut] Albany, N. Y. 

882. HENRY BROCKHOLST LEDYARD 579 Jefferson ave., Detroit, Mich. 

860. * STU YVESANT LeROY Mann ave., Newport, R. I. 

868. CARROLL LIVINGSTON Union Club, New York City. 

878. JAMES JARED LOGAN Newburgh, N. Y. 

896, CHARLES SCOTT MCKNIGHT, M. D Saratoga, N. Y. 

894. ARTHUR GOVERNEUR MORRIS 37 Wall St., New York City. 

860. *JOHN NEILSON Hibernia, Fla. 

888. TALBOT OLYPHANT [South Carolina] . . .21 Cortlandt St., New York City. 
890. FRANCIS KEY PENDLETON [ Virginia] . . 105 E. 35th St., New York City. 
860. NATHAN PAYSON RICE, M. D. [Massachusetts], 

Harvard Club, 27 W. 44th St., New York City. 
896. JOHN KEARNY RODGERS South River, N.J. 

887. JOHN ALEXANDER RUTHERFURD. . . .11 William St., New York City. 

896. PHILIP SCHUYLER Irvington, N. Y. 

881. WILLIAM RICHMOND TALBOT 209 Williams St., Providence, R. I. 

888. EDWARD WRIGHT TAPP Jamaica, N. Y. 

888. WILLIAM WALLACE TAULMAN 372 Second St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

885. PAUL ERNEST TIEMANN, M. D 180 W. 94th St., New York City. 

885. HENRY LIVINGSTON THOMAS [ Massachusetts] , 

Dept. of State, Washington, D. C. 

876. ALEXANDER RAMSAY THOMPSON Peoria, 111. 

896. CHARLES HUTCHINSON THOMPSON, M. D., 

39 W. 27th St., New York City. 

890. WILLIAM GILLON THOMPSON 206 Randolph St., Detroit, Mich. 

873. HERBERT GRAY TORREY [Massachusetts] . . .30 Wall St., New York City. 
885. JAMES STEVENSON VAN CORTLANDT, 

Manor House, Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y. 

* Member* admitted under the Rale of 1857. 



28 SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. 

880. JAMES VAN DYK 99 Third St., Ellensburg, Wash. 

888. CORNELIUS VAN RENSSELAER 28 Dean St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

896. DICKINSON MILLER VAN VORST 119 Mercer St., Jersey City, N. J. 

872. JOHN BARNES VARICK Manchester, N. H. 

892. GEORGE FLOYD VINGUT 46 W. 34th St., New York City. 

860. * CHARLES HENRY WARD 784 Fifth ave., New York City. 

860. t WILLIAM GREENE WARD [Rhode Island] . . 1 Wall St., New York City. 

860. * ALEXANDER STEWART WEBB Riverdale, N. Y. 

860. * ROBERT STEWART WEBB. . . .Madison Avenue Hotel, New York City. 

885. BURR WENDELL Cazenovia, N. Y. 

879. JOHN BEEKMAN WESTBROOK Peekskill, N. Y. 

896. CHARLES R. WILSON 4 and 5 White Building, Buffalo, N. Y. 

896. DAN. WINSLOW 27 Pine St., New York City. 



■fconoratg flhembevs. 

GROVER CLEVELAND Executive Mansion. Washington, D. C. 

President of the United States. 

Maj.-Gen. OLIVER OTIS HOWARD, LL. D., 

U. S. Army, retired, 1 56 College St., Burlington, Vt. 

* Members admitted under the Rule of 1857. 
t Also under Rule of 1857. 



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Receipts for the year $1,834 62 

Expenditures for the year 1,254 56 

Receipts over expenditures $689 06 added to < 



Examined this third day of July, 1895, and found correct. 



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Securities held by the New York State Society of the 
Cincinnati. 

United States Hi Registered Bonds $2,000 00 

Gallatin Bank, H shares, $50 each 700 00 

Mechanics" Bank, 80 shares, $25 each 2,000 00 

Bank of Commerce, 14 shareB, $100 each 1,400 00 

Croton Water Main bonds 2,000 00 

United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company, 16 shares, $100 each 1,600 00 

Henry Rankin's Bond, 5% 8,000 00 

P. Garrahan and J. Garrahan's Bond, 5!; 6,000 00 

A. Eraenke, J. P. Friedhuff and H. Stucke's Bond, assumed by James Schnessler, f>% 4,600 00 



$27,200 00 
11 Gold Cincinnati Eagles @ $30 each 330 00 



1896, June 30, Securities, etc $27,630 00 

In Bank of New York 4,71150 



Audited and found correct, July 4th, iS 



WM. G. WARD, I Auditing 

JAMES S. VAN CORTLANDT, \ Committee. 



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